Craig Searer discusses Oxx Coffeeboxx with the Carey Brothers at the Remodeling Show and Deck Expo 2018.The original interview was conducted at the Remodeling Show & Deck Expo.

Morris: [00:00:00] And
we’re back at the remodeling deck expo in Baltimore and our next guest is Craig
Searer. And Craig sells coffee pots. Hi Craig, how are you?

Craig: [00:00:12] Good.
How are you?

James: [00:00:13] Now what’s a coffee pot salesman doing at a Remodeling Show and Deck Expo? You should be at the housewares show.

Craig: [00:00:21] That’s
a very good question. And we are.

James: [00:00:24] And
we know you have the perfect answer.

Craig: [00:00:25] We
do.

James: [00:00:27] Say
that tongue in cheek because we have an OxxBox coffee maker in the on the House
studio and workshop and on our job sites. But we’re going to let you share with
our audience a little bit about the product in your own words.

Craig: [00:00:41] Sure
sure. So Ox is a rugged small appliance manufacturer and our first product is
the coffee box. It’s a rugged single serve coffee maker. So picture a single
serve coffee maker on steroids made for outdoor use and it’s overbuilt like a
power tool. It’s just an incredible product.

James: [00:01:00] This
is a cube. The particular product that you brought to our broadcast location is
lime and black and you did say it’s a single serve which means it takes the
pod.

Craig: [00:01:14] That’s
correct.

James: [00:01:14] And
what is that called a d-.

Craig: [00:01:16] K
cup.

James: [00:01:17] A
k cup excuse me a D cup that was great. No I was going back to college there
for a minute. I’m sorry.

Morris: [00:01:23] Relax.
K-Cup.

Craig: [00:01:24] Yeah.
We’re talking about coffee here.

Morris: [00:01:24] Relax.
It’s a family show.

James: [00:01:26] Here
you go. Once I got the cup size mixed up with the caffeine.

Morris: [00:01:31] No
no no no.

James: [00:01:34] Double
caffeine.

Craig: [00:01:37] Double
caffeine. Yes.

James: [00:01:37] Anyway. But anyway the pot is the single serve it goes in, you close the door. It’s wonderful. Now there is a reservoir. You open the back there and there’s the that just fits beautifully.

Craig: [00:01:49] Yeah.
It’s a 85 ounce spill proof reservoir so you have no worries about dust or any
sort of job site material get into your water supply.

James: [00:01:58] Exactly.
And then there’s this terrific collapsible handle like a lunchbox if you will
or a cooler. And then there’s the fold down platform.

Craig: [00:02:07] Yeah.
The drip tray.

Morris: [00:02:09] It’s
a fold down cup platform.

James: [00:02:11] Right.

Craig: [00:02:12] Absolutely.

Morris: [00:02:13] You
have to have a plate to layer cup on your cup one so you can get coffee out of
the d er k cup!

James: [00:02:19] Essentially,
this does everything that you’re single serve coffee maker will do on your
kitchen counter. Except it’s rugged.

Craig: [00:02:31] Yes.

James: [00:02:31] You
can throw it in the back of the pickup.

Craig: [00:02:33] Yeah.

James: [00:02:33] You
can put it on the job site. You can take it camping with you.

Craig: [00:02:37] You
can!

James: [00:02:38] Now
you’re going to have to have a source of power.

Craig: [00:02:41] That’s
correct.

James: [00:02:41] But
typically if you’re running saws and drills and that sort of thing on a job
site. You have a source of power.

Craig: [00:02:47] Right.

James: [00:02:47] Or
you have a generator or if you’re camping you have a hook up or a generator or
something like that.

Craig: [00:02:52] Yeah.
And it being water and dust resistant, you don’t have to baby it. It’s not
something that you’d treat like you would a household appliance. You take it
job site to job site. You now become the focal point of the job site for
subcontractors for homeowners coming in and checking on their home during the
remodel or construction process. Offer them a free cup of coffee. They love
that. They’re there that you can interact with them and have a great
conversation.

James: [00:03:16] And
this is good coffee too by the way. And you have several buttons on the top.
There’s you can get hotwater.

Craig: [00:03:23] That’s
correct.

James: [00:03:24] If
you want to make tea.

Craig: [00:03:25] Yes.

James: [00:03:26] Or
hot chocolate or something like that. And then you have three buttons which are
for various cup size.

James: [00:03:40] And
you have de-scale where you put tablets in and you do the cleaning products.

Craig: [00:03:44] That’s
correct. Yeah the computer knows approximately when you’re you needing to scale
to keep your water supply at its purest form to give you the best cup of coffee
possible.

James: [00:03:53] I
like to call us now that we have the ox box coffee maker. I like to call us
OxxBox home improvement coffee snobs.

Craig: [00:04:04] That’s
fair. That’s abolutely fair. We’re going to get you guys some awesome coffee
for the show.

James: [00:04:08] Manufacturer’s
suggested retail is?

Craig: [00:04:10] $229
but you’ll see it in the marketplace for $199.99.

James: [00:04:14] And
one can acquire it where?

Craig: [00:04:15] oxx.com.

James: [00:04:18] All
right. And coffee. You can sign up to have coffee sent to on a regular basis.

Craig: [00:04:23] We
have an awesome subscription service that we’re starting here very very shortly
on the web site. And you can have it sent on a weekly or monthly basis. We’ve
got three different roasts of wonderful medium all day smooth roast, a darkened
bold which has a mild smoky flavor. And then if you really want to get your
team going-.

James: [00:04:40] That
two times caffeine.

Craig: [00:04:41] Exactly
right two times caffeine.

James: [00:04:43] Wow
ok.

Morris: [00:04:44] I
want the 2X Caffeine labeled mild OK.

Craig: [00:04:47] Sure
sure. You could trick your crew.

James: [00:04:51] Good
to see you again Craig thanks so much for joining us and good luck to you.

Craig: [00:04:55] Thank
you very much gentlemen for having me. I appreciate it.

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